Les Mikesell writes: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:29 PM, <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >> Les Mikesell writes: >> >>> If I boot a 5.7 install disk with 'linux rescue selinux=0', let it >>> start the network and detect the installed system, ssh seems to work, >>> but rsync fails with "rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes >>> received so far) [receiver]). Shouldn't it work as long as the >>> underlying ssh connection works? It doesn't prompt for the ssh >>> password and using -essh doesn't change it. >>> > >> >> What commands are you using exactly? To or from the rescued host? Also, are >> you using ssh non-standard ports? > > It is from the rescued host - basically a: > rsync -essh otherhost:/path . > > ssh otherhost 'cd /path && tar -cf - ' | tar -xvf - > seems to be working, so it is not related to network connectivity or ssh. That's odd, try rsync -e 'ssh -v' to get some more details. Also you will want to use some parameters to rsync (like -av or maybe even -z for compression etc). -- Nux! www.nux.ro